CopperCon Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention

It is October, so the monthly online business meeting of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society (CASFS) moves from the last Friday of the month to the middle.

Business convenes at 8 PM October 17, the zoom room will open about 7 for casual conversation.

Sadly, CASFS Vice President JB Talbot has passed away. No word yet on memorial arrangements.

We will need to do a special election during Friday's business meeting.


Topic: CASFS Meeting October 2025

Time: Oct 17, 2025 07:00 PM Arizona

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Glasgow 2024 Announces 2024 Hugo Award Winners

Best Novel
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)

Best Novella
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (Tor, Titan UK)

Best Novelette
“The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2023)

Best Short Story
“Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld, May 2023)

Best Series
Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)

Best Graphic Story or Comic
Saga, Vol. 11 written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)

Best Related Work
A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press; Particular Books)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, screenplay by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein and Michael Gilio, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Paramount Pictures)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”, written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, directed by Peter Hoar (Naughty Dog / Sony Pictures)

Best Game or Interactive Work
Baldur’s Gate 3, produced by Larian Studios

Best Editor Short Form
Neil Clarke

Best Editor Long Form
Ruoxi Chen

Best Professional Artist
Rovina Cai

Best Semiprozine
Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective

Best Fanzine
Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, Adri Joy, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla.

Best Fancast
Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty

Best Fan Writer
Paul Weimer

Best Fan Artist
Laya Rose

Lodestar Award for Best YA Book
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)

Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines)
Xiran Jay Zhao